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novel 音标拼音: [n'ɑvəl] n. 小说,长篇故事
a. 新奇的,异常的 小说,长篇故事新奇的,异常的 novel adj 1: original and of a kind not seen before; " the computer produced a completely novel proof of a well- known theorem" [ synonym: { fresh}, { new}, { novel}] 2: pleasantly new or different; " common sense of a most refreshing sort" [ synonym: { novel}, { refreshing}] n 1: an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story 2: a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction; " his bookcases were filled with nothing but novels"; " he burned all the novels" Novel \ Nov" el\, n. [ F. nouvelle. See { Novel}, a.] 1. That which is new or unusual; a novelty. [ 1913 Webster] 2. pl. News; fresh tidings. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Some came of curiosity to hear some novels. -- Latimer. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A fictitious tale or narrative, longer than a short story, having some degree of complexity and development of characters; it is usually organized as a time sequence of events, and is commonly intended to exhibit the operation of the passions, and often of love. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 4. [ L. novellae ( sc. constitutiones): cf. F. novelles.] ( Law) A new or supplemental constitution. See the Note under { Novel}, a. [ 1913 Webster]
Novel \ Nov" el\, a. [ OF. novel, nuvel, F. nouvel, nouveau, L. novellus, dim. of novus new. See { New}.] Of recent origin or introduction; not ancient; new; hence, out of the ordinary course; unusual; strange; surprising. [ 1913 Webster] Note: In civil law, the novel or new constitutions are those which are supplemental to the code, and posterior in time to the other books. These contained new decrees of successive emperors. [ 1913 Webster] { Novel assignment} ( Law), a new assignment or specification of a suit. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: New; recent; modern; fresh; strange; uncommon; rare; unusual. Usage: { Novel}, { New} . Everything at its first occurrence is new; that is novel which is so much out of the ordinary course as to strike us with surprise. That is a new sight which is beheld for the first time; that is a novel sight which either was never seen before or is seen but seldom. We have daily new inventions, but a novel one supposes some very peculiar means of attaining its end. Novel theories are regarded with distrust, as likely to prove more ingenious than sound. [ 1913 Webster] 122 Moby Thesaurus words for " novel": Bildungsroman, Gothic novel, authentic, avant- garde, bauble, best seller, bibelot, blockbuster, book, bound book, classic, coloring book, comic novel, creative, curio, definitive work, detective novel, different, dime novel, dreadful, epistolary novel, erotic novel, firsthand, folio, fresh, gewgaw, gimcrack, great work, hardback, historical novel, imaginative, juvenile, juvenile book, limp- cover book, magnum opus, modern, modernistic, narrative, neoteric, new, new- fashioned, newfangled, nonbook, notebook, nouvelle, novel of character, novel of ideas, novel of incident, novel of manners, novel of sensibility, novelette, novella, odd, opus, opuscule, opusculum, original, paperback, peculiar, penny dreadful, picaresque novel, picture book, playbook, pocket book, pornographic novel, prayer book, problem novel, production, proletarian novel, propaganda novel, psalmbook, psalter, psychological novel, publication, recent, regional novel, revolutionary, river novel, roman, roman a clef, roman- fleuve, romance, satirical novel, science- fiction novel, sentimental novel, serial, shilling shocker, short story, short- short, singular, sketchbook, sociological novel, soft- cover, songbook, special, standard work, storiette, story, storybook, strange, stream- of- consciousness novel, tale, thesis novel, title, tome, trade book, trifle, trinket, uncommon, unconventional, underived, unfamiliar, unheard- of, unique, untested, untried, unusual, vignette, volume, whatnot, work, writing |
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